how is it racist i could see you calling it hypocritical i can use the word in an affectionate way but you cant in any case white people cant reappropriate the word reappropriating the word implies that the word was used negatively against you in the past no one ever used nigger as a racial insult to white people in the past so white people cant reappropriate it agreed that a white person could attempt to use the word without anger the problem with that is that every closet racist jim bob is going to all of a sudden start using the word in a friendly way nah man dont worry nigger im calling you a nigger in a friendly way nigger no good